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Illinois State Board of Elections
June 22, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
New details emerge about the alleged hacks before the 2016 elections. Ken Menzel, general counsel of the State Board of Elections, reveals that nearly 90,000 records containing personal information were accessed by Russian hackers, with 90 percent of those records containing some kind of personal information.
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Skype
June 21, 2017
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[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A hacking group called CyberTeam claims responsibility for a DDoS attack against Skype.
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Election systems in 21 US states
June 21, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Jeanette Manfra of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during her testimony before a Senate panel, reveals that Russian hackers targeted election systems in 21 US states during last year's campaign.
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admin
June 20, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
A hacker calling himself Vigilance hacks a database belonging to the Minnesota state government, and steals about 1,400 email addresses and passwords.
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Christian Ferry
June 20, 2017
A threat actor targeted individuals who were political critics and business rivals of Ricardo Martinelli, president of Panama between 2009 and 2014, for espionage purposes. The threat actor uses the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group. One of the victims is Christian Ferry, a political consultant who advised the 2014 campaign of Martinelli's successor: Juan Carlos Varela.
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Lori Sattler
June 20, 2017
Lori Sattler, a state Supreme Court judge, is scammed out of more than $1 million after being fooled by an email she thought had been sent by her real estate lawyer, sending the money to an account to Commerce Bank of China.
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Col. Richard Downie
June 20, 2017
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[ espionage, malware, government ]
A threat actor targeted individuals who were political critics and business rivals of Ricardo Martinelli, president of Panama between 2009 and 2014, for espionage purposes. The threat actor uses the Pegasus tool, created by the NSO Group. One of the victims is Col. Richard Downie (ret.), the former director of the Center for Hemispheric Studies at the National Defense University. He worked on the 2014 presidential campaign of Juan Carlos Navarro.
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Argentinian Army Website
June 19, 2017
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[ hack, government ]
Argentina's army says that its website has been hacked and images purported to be of members of the Islamic State militant group were posted on it.
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Nayana
June 19, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, technology ]
A South Korean Web-hosting service provider, Nayana, agrees to pay $1 million to a ransomware operation that encrypted data stored on 153 Linux servers and 3,400 customer websites via the Erebus ransomware.
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools
June 18, 2017
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[ hack, education ]
It looks like two months before the U.S. Presidential Elections. MoRo, a group of hackers from Morocco allegedly tried to hack the US voting systems. In an attempt, they hacked four school districts from Florida, including the Miami-Dade School District.
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The Buckle Inc.
June 17, 2017
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[ financial, malware, retail ]
The Buckle Inc., a clothier that operates more than 450 stores in 44 U.S. states, discloses that its retail locations have been hit by malicious software designed to steal customer credit card data.
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Bitfinex
June 15, 2017
Bitfinex, the world's largest US dollar-based Bitcoin exchange, is still suffering from the effects of a DDoS attack on its systems earlier this week, rendering IOTA deposits unavailable for users.
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University College London
June 15, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, education ]
University College London is hit by a "major" ransomware attack which brings down its shared drives and student management system. The attack also leads to a number of hospital trusts suspending their email servers as a precautionary measure, in an attempt to prevent the repetition of last month's damaging WannaCry epidemic.
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ATMs in India
June 14, 2017
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[ hack, malware, finance ]
ATMs in India are under attack via Rufus, a Chinese malware targeting cash machines running outdated Windows XP.
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CashCrate
June 14, 2017
Motherboard reveals that hackers made off with 6 million user accounts for CashCrate, a site where users can be paid to complete online surveys.
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Waverly Health Center
June 14, 2017
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[ ransomware, malware, healthcare ]
Waverly Health Center is hit by ransomware, causing the medical facility to shut down their IT systems.
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U.S. Electoral System
June 13, 2017
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[ espionage, government ]
New investigations reveal that Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
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Google News
June 12, 2017
Legitimate news sites listed on Google News replace articles with spam ads for drugs and dating sites. The incident occurred after two online wine magazine (Palate Press and the Boyne City Gazette) were hacked.
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Select Restaurant
June 9, 2017
Ohio-based Select Restaurant chain reports it suffered a point-of-sale breach during which customer payment card information was compromised. The breach took place between October 36, 2016 and February 3, 2017 at 12 of the company's restaurants.
